PNS|Kurnool
The tomato price at the Kurnool agriculture market yard has crumbled causing concern to the farmers. The tomato price fell to Rs 3 per a KG on Wednesday at the Agriculture market yard. The farmers brought over 100 tonnes of tomato produce to the market yard to sell but they were not offered remuneration price for their produce. As the farmers could not take the produce back they sold at a cheaper price incurring huge losses.
The tomato farmers said that they had invested over Rs 50,000 per acre but they were not getting even the investment. Some of the farmers left their tomato produce at the market yard itself as they had to spend transport charges to take back the produce. Some farmers poured tomato produce and tramped in the market yard to register their protest to the crumbling prices.Leaders of the farmer’s union alleged that the wholesale traders had become syndicate and cartled the price. They appealed to the government to interfere and ensure that the tomato farmers get remunerative prices.
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